DR Congo: WHO tracks deadly mysterious illness

In recent months, disease surveillance has identified increases in cases and fatalities on three occasions across different areas of the country, which triggered follow-up investigations to confirm the cause and provide needed support, WHO said in a statement. Symptoms include fever, headache, chills, sweating, stiff neck, muscle aches, multiple joint pain and body aches, a runny … Read more

FBI accuses North Korea hacker group of stealing $1.5 billion in digital assets

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is pointing the finger at TraderTraitor, a North Korean hacker group, as being behind the largest ever crypto heist in history. The group, also known as Lazarus, allegedly stole 400,000 Ethereum tokens from cryptocurrency exchange Bybit on Friday. Also in this edition: Donald Trump revokes Chevron’s permit allowing … Read more

Verizon claims to ‘shatter’ US 5G upload speed record

In most mobile network benchmarks, uplink is very much the quieter other half of downlink, but with faster upload speeds crucial for applications like smart surveillance, industrial automation, augmented reality and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), operator Verizon has claimed to have set a new standard for US 5G uploads, in a trial that has … Read more

Ukraine: Post-war reconstruction set to cost $524 billion

The updated joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA4) commissioned by the Ukrainian Government, the World Bank Group, the European Commission and the UN, comes as Russia’s full-scale invasion enters its fourth year.  It covers damage incurred since intensified conflict erupted on 24 February 2022 through to 31 December 2024. This year, the Government of … Read more